CONSTRUCTION students in the Bradford area have triumphed in a national skills competition.

Plastering student Dayle Cairns, 31, of Wibsey, Bradford, came first in the new entrant section for plastering in the Construction Industry Training Board’s annual Skillbuild competition at Stockport College.

Mr Cairns, of Dewsbury Construction Academy was joined by bench joinery student James Hartley, 20, of Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse, and bricklaying student Ashley Walshaw, 24, of Cleckheaton, both Brunel Construction Centre, Huddersfield.